The Blog of Fly Fishing in New York City's Parks. Currently there are more than two dozen fresh water lakes and ponds open to the public.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Catching carp with ultra light equipment

Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don't. Today I used a cheap 3 wt, fiberglass fly rod
to catch carp. It is a 3 piece, 7' 6" slow flex rod. I really wanted to use my nine-foot graphite rod
but I knew I would be casting with tree branches all around me in this spot. So, the nine foot 2 wt was left at home for this trip.

After not having caught any carp in awhile, I set up to fish in Loeb Lake, one of the 5 lakes
located in NYC's Central Park. My goal is to see how days I can catch fish before air
temperatures dip below 45F. The sun heats the water here until 3:00 o'clock. This is the time
when carp feed in this part of the lake. Here the lake is secluded and quiet; which is what I want when I fish for carp.